Ottawa and Tehran face different forms of pressure, but both reveal the same pattern of a declining hegemon lashing out as resistance grows
Canada has very few similarities with Iran – to Canada’s own shame.
Let’s leave aside the basic differences, such as location, demographics, weather, and cuisine, and focus on the essentials: Historically, Iran is old and firmly based on an ancient civilization; Canada, like the US, is young and a little accidental, a leftover of the British Empire in its settler-colonial-ethnic-cleansing variant.
In terms of religion, Iran is shaped by pious Shia Islam; Canada displays the flaccid mix of an emasculated…
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